Freitas, DeWolfe Take Overall Wins at US SUP Tour’s First Stop

The US SUP Tour made its highly-anticipated first stop in Huntington Beach, Calif. last weekend, with heavy turnouts in both pro and open divisions. The inaugural stop featured pro and open events in two disciplines, SUP surfing and SUP racing, with $10k in prize money. Hawaii’s Mo Freitas and Sofia DeWolfe of Idaho came out on top as the overall event champions, with the most points accrued over the two-day competition.

Southern California’s Colin McPhillips put on a strong performance in the Pro SUP Surfing event, edging out the competition, which included overall winner Mo Freitas, as well as two other SoCal locals and sytlish SUP surfers, Tommy Lloy and Dave Boehne.
Local girl Emmy Merrill took the win for the ladies’ in the Pro SUP Surfing, with strong contenders Diane Wenzel, overall winner Sofia DeWolfe, and Terri Plunkett rounding out the top four places.

Santa Barbara’s Matt Becker won the Pro SUP Race, after out-racing a very competitive field of paddlers that included overall champ Freitas, Brennan Rose, Brian Murphy and Colin McPhillips.
Taking the coveted win on the women’s side of the Pro SUP Race was California’s Tamara Lentz, who out-paddled Sarah Messina, event champ DeWolfe, and Terri Plunkett.